
Ross Exposes the Inventory Metric Most Companies Are Missing
Most inventory dashboards measure decisions that have already been made. They show stock on hand, turns, days of supply, forecast accuracy and markdown exposure. They

Most inventory dashboards measure decisions that have already been made. They show stock on hand, turns, days of supply, forecast accuracy and markdown exposure. They

Transportation emissions increasingly reflect the same routing, loading and carrier decisions that determine freight cost and service performance. Using standardized emissions factors within daily planning

Supply chain performance increasingly depends on decisions made across finance, sales and operations, where local actions can produce network-wide consequences. Organizations that build a shared

Robotic grasping is emerging as one of the biggest barriers to broader warehouse automation, with irregular packaging and mixed-SKU inventory continuing to challenge autonomous systems.

Best Buy is not responding to higher computing costs with a simple choice between absorbing inflation and passing it to customers. It is using forward

Warehouse operators are increasing investment in artificial intelligence as businesses seek faster fulfillment, stronger productivity and better use of labor. A new global survey from

Uber is moving from marketplace coordination into physical capacity planning, using shared infrastructure and multisourcing to support 120,000 autonomous vehicles. In Brief The Strategic Break

Agentic AI is attracting unprecedented investment across supply chains, yet autonomous execution depends on far more than advanced models. Organizations are finding that process intelligence,

Fast delivery has become a network-design decision with direct consequences for inventory, transportation and capital efficiency. Companies that match service promises to local demand and

Sustainability reports can contain hundreds of metrics while still missing the exposures most likely to disrupt supply, increase costs or constrain production. The harder task

Most inventory dashboards measure decisions that have already been made. They show stock on hand, turns, days of supply, forecast accuracy and markdown exposure. They

Transportation emissions increasingly reflect the same routing, loading and carrier decisions that determine freight cost and service performance. Using standardized emissions factors within daily planning

Supply chain performance increasingly depends on decisions made across finance, sales and operations, where local actions can produce network-wide consequences. Organizations that build a shared

Robotic grasping is emerging as one of the biggest barriers to broader warehouse automation, with irregular packaging and mixed-SKU inventory continuing to challenge autonomous systems.

Best Buy is not responding to higher computing costs with a simple choice between absorbing inflation and passing it to customers. It is using forward

Warehouse operators are increasing investment in artificial intelligence as businesses seek faster fulfillment, stronger productivity and better use of labor. A new global survey from

Uber is moving from marketplace coordination into physical capacity planning, using shared infrastructure and multisourcing to support 120,000 autonomous vehicles. In Brief The Strategic Break

Agentic AI is attracting unprecedented investment across supply chains, yet autonomous execution depends on far more than advanced models. Organizations are finding that process intelligence,

Fast delivery has become a network-design decision with direct consequences for inventory, transportation and capital efficiency. Companies that match service promises to local demand and

Sustainability reports can contain hundreds of metrics while still missing the exposures most likely to disrupt supply, increase costs or constrain production. The harder task